So Out of Reach

Nothing is so out of reach, to all the various people of the world, and so deeply controlling and personal, as ones concept of god.

My experience in life has showed me little or none of these supernatural beings, or their existence.

After witnessing the carnage of humanity, I am not so quick to embrace any god, lf any so-called being that could dictate, codify behavior and precepts of an entire society or race.

Is morality not an internal force of a being, and if it is, are principles the to be dictated or felt?

And following the question of the gods: Are these named entities actual beings, or are they, manifestations or shared beliefs?

Are the dark evil because they follow the precepts of evil, or a culmination of the evil conduct?

When an army charges across the tundra of war, and shouting in the name of god, are the following precepts of god, or is the cry to god merely the idealized name they give to their actions?

This I cannot answer, nor can any one else, n mater how loudly, they - particular priest, ministers, and belief leaders- might argue otherwise.

In the end, to a preacher’s ultimate sorrow, the choice of a god is a personal one, and the alignment to a being is in accord with one’s internal code of principles.

A missionary might coerce and trick would-be disciples, but no rational being can truly follow the determined orders of any god-figure if those orders run contrary to ones tenets.

The gods of humanity are many and varied- or they are the many and varied names and identities tagged onto the same being.

I know not which - and care not which is believed.

CREIGH
February 2011

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